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 You could say the apple hasn't fallen far from the tree in the case of guitarist Derek Trucks, nephew of Allman Brothers Band drummer Butch. Though it really hasn't fallen at all. The Derek Trucks Band's sixth album Already Free confidently evokes the Allmans' '70s output, from the funky opening cover of Bob Dylan's ''Down in the Flood'' to the gospel-flavored ''Sweet Inspiration.'' Trucks' bluesy playing is excellent throughout, though he knows when to cede space to vocalist Mike Mattison or guest Doyle Bramhall II, who sings on a very edible peach, the soulful ''Maybe This Time.'' B+...full text |
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| Courant |
On "Already Free," the sixth CD from the Derek Trucks Band, the guitar prodigy continues to evolve as a bandleader and songwriter. Similar to the band's 2006 release "Songlines," "Already Free" offers tight R&B song structures and rhythmic vocals, as opposed to the long, improvised, bluesy guitar pieces with Middle Eastern flourishes on previous efforts. Still, Trucks' signature guitar style remains.
The first single and lead track, "Down In The Flood," is a Bob Dylan cover from "The Basement Tapes." Dylan's original is an acoustic folk song, while Trucks' version rocks, with dense steel guitar and a soaring slide solo. Lead singer Mike Mattison mixes it up further with gruff, soulful singing. The album features a couple guest vocalists, too: Doyle Bramhall II offers a sultry lead on the sweet, southern ballad "Maybe This Time," and Trucks' wife, blues guitarist Susan Tedeschi, delivers an elegant and loving lead on "Back Where I Started."...full text |
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| Allmusic |
| For 12 years, the Derek Trucks Band have been issuing records (live and studio) that are long on fire, improvisation, and inspiration. Trucks' own skillful leadership has seamlessly melded rock, blues, jazz, and Eastern Indian modal music in a brew that is uniquely his own. Perhaps this is what makes Already Free both an anomaly and a natural extension of the DTB; if anything, it resembles Delaney & Bonnie's records of the late '60s and early '70s -- Home, To Bonnie from Delaney -- or the self-titled debuts of Bobby Whitlock and Eric Clapton. There is a homegrown organic looseness to these proceedings that sets the album apart from all of Trucks' previous seven offerings. Perhaps that's because it was recorded at home -- literally in a home studio with the DTB and/or their guests playing live from the floor much of the time. Trucks is still accompanied by his longtime mates: Kofi Burbridge, Todd Smallie, Yonrico Scott, Count Mbutu, and vocalist Mike Mattison. But there are some close friends and family as guests, including -- but not limited to -- Trucks' wife Susan Tedeschi, Doyle Bramhall II, and a horn section and various rhythm players....full text |
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